Inner Vision 2023｜Gao Xingjian Solo Exhibition Introduction

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the French May Arts Festival, Alisan Fine Arts is honoured to announce its 9th solo exhibition for Gao Xingjian, the first Chinese writer awarded a Nobel Laureate. The French-Chinese author is also a renowned artist and playwright. This is Gao's first solo exhibition after being awarded the Commander of the Legion of Honour in January. Most of the works in this exhibition were created in the last two years and are focused on landscapes. However, Gao's landscape paintings are different from the typical landscape paintings we mostly see. Gao does not portray the reality and perspective of the scene but pursues the changes of light, shadow, and air with various shades of ink on the rice paper. Therefore, whether it is fog, the moonlight, or the wind, the vision appears misty or hazy. The works constitute Gao's inner world, echoing his award-winning novel Soul Mountain.

Exhibition Details

• Inner Vision 2023｜Gao Xingjian Solo Exhibition
• Date: May 18-August 31, 2023
• Time: 10:00-18:00 Monday to Saturday｜Closed on Sunday and public holidays
• Venue: Alisan Gallery
• Address: 21/F Lyndhurst Tower, 1 Lyndhurst Terrace, Central, Hong Kong

About the Artist

Gao Xingjian

Born in Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province in 1940, Gao began painting at the age of eight. Under the tutelage of his father, he studied painting, sculpture, and calligraphy with the intention of enroling at the National Academy of Fine Arts. However, his family persuaded him to study French at the Beijing Institute of Foreign Languages. After graduation, he worked as a translator whilst continuing to paint and write in Beijing. In 1979, his essays and short stories were first published in literary reviews in mainland China, and in 1981 he published A Preliminary Examination of Modern Fictional Techniques. Though he was officially granted French citizenship in 1998, he became a foremost Chinese émigré novelist and playwright almost immediately after moving to Paris in 1987. In 1992 and 2000 respectively, he was bestowed the title of Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres and Légion d’Honneur by the French Government and received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2000. In January 2023, he was awarded Le Commandeur de la Légion d'Honneur again.

The source of the above information: French May official website